Catch-up

This has been a busy week. I had an interview at BMS on Wednesday. The job is okay, but I am not too optimistic that I will get it. If I don't, then I won't be terribly upset I guess. It would be fantastic to have the income (and not live by a thread each month), but the commute is kind of a nightmare. 1 -1.5 hrs north on I95 into Princeton, NJ.

The little Moo has been divalicious lately. I think she is developing a strong personality...and that damn teething business is still going on. She has been doing a very interesting laughy sound where she sucks in her breath and squeals at the same time. Too hard to describe - we will have to post a video of it. It is my favorite thing. Oh and she has started pulling my hair now. She loves if I drag my hair across her face - she laughs and opens her mouth and grabs at it.

We had a vet appointment over the weekend. Hans has irregular kidneys, and we are looking into his substantial weight loss. If his kidneys are failing, we might have to start twice weekly fluid injections. Hailey is hanging on, and we are finally going to order her medicine to treat Cushing's. Ginger is on a diet (along with most of the cats) and is starting to have some weakness in her hind limbs. We only took half the animals, which was more than enough for Ian to handle. The remaining crew will go in the next few weeks.

Other than that, I am absolutely amazed and apalled at the violence and threats being hurled at the healthcare reform supporters. Is this what American politics has devolved to? The day that people use these kinds of tactics to promote their political agenda is the day they have lost touch with the foundation upon which this country was built. Disgusting and unpatriotic in the truest sense of the word. Sarah Palin (crosshairs used to depict the "targets" of her venomous campaign) and the other hate mongers (many of whom dominate that "fair and balanced" news channel) are the antithesis of a patriot, and they hide behind snippets of our founding father's words in attempts to mask their pure hate and venom. They do not represent America or American values. They are the greatest threat to this country, and their promotion of violence against our elected officials are borderline domestic terrorism. Tea Party patriots? Huh, they seem to be adopting the violent methods of the suppression of political thought that the British used against the colonists...kind of ironic that they align themselves with the other side...

If everyone would take a second and put themselves in the shoes of those uninsured poor and debt-stricken Americans, those who have been denied coverage for pre-existing conditions, and those who have died or witnessed a loved one die from having been denied necessary healthcare due to corporate greed (oh yes, they do deny claims even if you do have "coverage")...would you still really not vote for healthcare reform? Would you not see that our current system is terrible and favors the health insurance industry? Money determines course of action, not medical need. Do we as a country really know better than all of those other civilized nations with universal health coverage? Do we really think Germany, France, and Sweden are communist socialist countries? How arrogant and broken we have become as a nation. How far away from the roots and the intentions of our founding fathers...

I truly wish all of those that are against healthcare reform never EVER experience the heartache and death that too many uninsured have experienced. I hope they always have the coverage they most likely currently have. NO ONE deserves such an ill fate in this country, even my "enemies" in political thought. And that is what makes me a proud Democrat, a proud American, and a proud compassionate human being...and gives me the ability to know right from wrong. To extinguish dissent at all costs is wrong. This reminds me of the primary tenets of this country - freedom of speech and the pursuit of happiness. My bleeding liberal heart will continue to fight and bleed for everyone's right to life...even those too poor or too ill to buy it for themselves.
-Marie